Douglass v. Seiferd
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant, from order granting a new trial made by the justice of the Eleventh District Court, after verdict, in favor of defendant. ' '
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action was to recover $225 rent from November 1, 1895, to May 1, 1896, of the first flat in premises No. 327 East Eighty-sixth street, alleged in the complaint to have been let for one year, from May 1, 1895, to May 1, 1896. The answer was a general denial, and pleaded as a separate defense that the tenant had vacated the premises and surrendered them to the landlord, October 29, 1895.
The issue.contested at the trial was whether the hiring was by the month or by the year, it being conceded that if the hiring was by the year, and there was no effectual surrender, the plaintiff would be…
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